Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Chocolate Biscuit Gateau

A decadent dessert that goes great with a good cup of coffee.

225 g plain chocolate
225 g butter
2 eggs, beaten
25 g caster sugar
225 g digestive biscuits

To decorate
75 ml double cream
Glace cherries
Walnut halves

Grease a 6 inch cake tin with detachable base.  Break up chocolate and put in a bowl over saucepan of simmering water to melt.  Melt butter gently in another pan.  Beat eggs with sugar in bowl.  Pour in melted butter in a study stream, beating continuously.  Now blend in melted chocolate.  Break up digestive biscuits into small pieces; fold into chocolate.  Turn mixture into cake tin; chill overnight in the refrigerator.

To serve, stand cake tin on a canister at least 2 inches smaller than the base of the tin.  Push the tin carefully down onto the table, leaving the base with the cake on the canister.  Slide it onto a serving plate and decorate with piped whipped cream, cherries and walnut halves.

**use unsalted butter and bitter sweet chocolate

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